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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1864-02-23

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)Z etsjwwii&iaaw i; .Wfwaxiu. l . u. 1 'i jp u' -n iBL" in 5 I A - " I rtltf.fMIYftfW. k1 rtVW is 'V VOL X; MOUNT VERNON, OHIO , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, I8C4. rt l; KO 1G 1 r t ft u 'it' i JIOINT JUSPl'BMCAN. T titt M St for One your (invariably in ttdvnce)$2,00 - I'm ux moh'tha, 1,00 TKHSIIj KM? ADVlRTIMNa, F)he square 6 Yrtlfcks, 1,00 One square, ft bionths, 8,(10 t)n square, 6 months, 4,60 One square, 1 year, fl00 We fcqWfo (changeable monthly) 1 0,00 Changeable weekly, 15,00 f wo squares, 8 weeks, 1.75 Two squares, 6 Weeks, 8,25 Twd squares, 8 months, bfih Jwa squared, 6 months, fl.f A Two squares, 1 Year, 8,00 Three squares, 8 weeks, 2,60 Three squares, fl weeks, -4,60 Thf ao aquaros, 3 mouths, . ' C,00 Three squares, 6 nldhtlig, 8,00 Throe squared, 1 year, 10,00 tWo-fourth coluinU, ulian. quarterly, 16,00 t)ne-third " " " 22,00 tltte-holF " " t)ne column, changeable quarterly, 28,00 50,00 Select poctru iJotUc-Worn Banners. 1 .. BT PARK BENJAMIN. ' It aw the soldiers come to day From battlc-ffcid afur; -Jo conqueror rodo beftire their way On his triun phil car, TU' captains, like tbeiuHelves on ioot And bauncrs aadly torn, AU graudly eloquent, though mute, In pride and glory borne. Those bnnnors, soiled with dirt and smoke, And rent by shot and si ell, That through the serried phalanx broke What terrors they could- tell ! What talis of sudden pain and death ., In every cannon's boom, When even the bravest held his breath And waited for his doom. By hands of steel these flags were waved Above the oarnago dirt) Almost destroyed yet always saved, Mid battle-cloud and fire,""," Though down at times, still up they rose And kissed the breeze again,-Dread tokens to the rebel foes Of truo and luyal men. And litre the true and loyal still Those famous banners bear; The bugles wind, the fifes blow shrill, And clash the cymbal; where ; Vith detlmated ranks they comt, And through the crowded street March to the beating of the drum With firm though weary feet. SGlod lies the Boldiers ! cry the tolk . Whose cheers of welcome swell; God likss the banners, black with smoke And 'toTU by ehot and shell; They should be 'hung on sacred shriues, Kaptized with grateful tears, And live ombalmed in .poetry's lines Through all succeeding. years. Ho grander trophies could be 'brought By patriot sire to son, Of glorious battles nobly fought; , Bravo deeds sublimely done. And so, to-day, I chanced with pride And solemn joy to see IThose reninaots front the bloody tide Of Victory.. V ' Evettivg rott, Jan. 20, 1SC1. FAITH AND PATIENCE. i ' 'v BT T.-8. AETnUR. 'I have no faith in anything,' raid a foor doubter, Who had tru&tod in human prudence, and been disnppoin'ed; who had endeavored to walk by tho lumine of self derived intelligence instead of by the light f divine truth, so loft his way in the 'World He was fifty years old ! What a iad con-fession for a man thus far on the journey of life ! 'No faith in anythingf . 'You have faith in Cod, Fanehaw,' re filied tho gentleman to whom tho remark Was made. , 'In God 7 I don't know him.' And 3Ir Fanshaw shook his head in n bewilder edsort of w.v. There was bo levity in his manner..' 'People talk a great deal about God, and their knowledge of him,' he added, but not irreverently. 'I think there is often more of pious cant in all this than of living experience. You rpeak about faith in God: What is the ground ofyour faith f ' 'We hare internal sight, as well as cisternal sight.' , ? There was no respond to this in Mr. Fanshaw's ftce. ' r- 'We can see with the mind as well U with the eyes.' 'How?' . : , 'An architect fees (he building, in all Its fine proportions, with the yes of his mind before it exists in space visible to hir bodily eyes.'-, j - . v 'Oht that is your meaning, friend Wil kins,' said Mr Fsnahaw, his countenance brightening litiloi ' 'In prt,' wis replied! 'That he can see the building in his mind establishes thfl fact of eternal sight.', ,' ,," . 'Admitted; Ind What then?' tha Dew world the world of spirit.' Mr Fanshaw ihook his head, aUil closed lips tightly. 'I don't believe in spirits,' lit) aUHwered. 'You believe in your own spirit. 'I don't know that I have any spiiit.' 'You think and fuul in a region distinct from the body, Batd Me Wilkins. 1 Bah't Bay as to that,' 'You can think of Justico, of equity, of liberty,' . , Yes,' , - 'A abstract sights; n things espcntial, and out of the region of simple matter. The body doesn't think; it is tho soul.' 'Very well. For argument' sake, lot all tills bo granted, I don't wish to cavil I am in no mood for that. And now, as to the ground of your faith in God.' 'Convictions,' anhwered JJr Wilkins, are real things to a man. Impressions are one thing; convictions another. The first are like images on a glass; the others like figures in a textile fabric. Tbo first arc made iu an instant of time, and often pass as quickly; tho latter aro slowly wrought iii tho loom ef life, though dafly experience and careful thought. Ilprein lies the ground of my faith in God it is an inwrought conviction. First I had the child's sweet faith; trinsfi a d into my soi 1 with a mother's love, and uuslmdowed by a single doubt. Then, on growing older as I rend the Bible, which 1 beliovo to be God's Wi rd, I saw llrn-t its precopt? were divide, and so tho child's faith was suc ceeded by r tional sight. Afterwards, as I floated off into tho world, and met with stortnJ that recked my fondest hopes; with baffling winds and adverse urrents; with perils and disappointments. faith wavered sometimes, when the skies were dark aud threatening, my mind gavo way to doubt. But always after tho storm pasted, and the sun came out again, have I found my vessel unharmed, with freight ready for shipment of value fur beyond what I had lost. I havo thrown over, in stress of weather, to save nyself.from being euguKcd, things that I hold to be very precious thrown them over, wcoping Butallcr a while, things more proeinus took their place goodly pearls, found in a farther voyage, which, but for my Iocs, would not have been ventured. Always am I peeing the hand ofTrovi-ilcncc-always proving the divine announce ment, 'The very hairs of your head are numbered.' Is there not ground for faith here? If the Word of God stand in agree mcnt with reanon and experience, shall I . I I O tfl ... noi nave laim; u my convictions are clear, to disbelieve is impossible.' TV.e faith of manhood is stronger, because it rests on reason and experience,' said Mr. Wilkins. 'With me, reason and experience give no faith in God, and no hope in tho future. All bofore me is dark.' 'Simply, because you do not ue your reason aright nor read your experiences correotly. If you were to do this, light would fall upon your way. You raid, a little whilo ago, that you had 110 faith in anything. You spoke without due reflection.' . ". . 'No; I meant just what Isaid- Is there liability to nnything? In whatoan I trust to morrow? Simply it. nothing. My house may be in ruins, burnt to the ground, at daylight The frknd to whom I loaned my uiouoy to day, to help him in hisnejd way fail totnorrowin my need. Thebank in which I took stock may break tho ship in which I have an adventure, go down at sea. But why enumerate? I am sure of nothing.' , L 'Not even of the Itfvo of your child?' A warm flash came Into the face of Mr. Fanshaw. He had one daughter, twelve yeart Tear Alice,' he murmured, in a aofter voice. 'Yes, I am sure of that. There is no room for doubt. She loves me.' One thing in which to have faith,' taid Mr Wilkin. 'Not in a house, which can not be made who'ly safe from fire; nor in a bank, which may fail; nor in a friendly piomiaetnor in a shipatsea but his love. Are you alraid to havo that lave tried? If you were lick or in misfortune, would it grow dim or.periab?' Nay, would it not be intensified? 'I think, Mr Fanshaw tontinuod his friend, 'that you have not tested your faith by higher and better things by thioga real and substantial.' 'What is more real than a houie, or a bill of exchange?' asked Mr Fanshaw. 'Imperishable love, incorruptible integ. rity, unflinching honor,' was replied. 'Do these exist?' Mr Faaahaw " looked 'We know that they exist. Yon know that the exist History, obfenation, i-perience, reason, 'all comes 10- the proof. We doubt but in he face of conviotiou! Are these not higher and nobler things than welth, or worldly honors; than plate of power ? And is he not screncst and happiest whose life teats on these as a house npon its foondations? You cannot 'Admittcil, and Wo puss into shake such a man. Wt cannot throw him down. Weulth my go, and fricuds. drop uWiiy like withering nututnU leaves; but lie stands fust, with the liilit of limv. Ctl Upon his brow. l!o has faith in virtuo he has trust In Godhe knows that all will come right in the end; and that ho will be a wiser and a better man tor the trial thai tested his irinciploa for the storms that toughened, but did not break the fibros of his soul.' 'Youliltmo intoancw region of thought said Mr FamdiHW. 'A dim light in brouk-ing Into my mind. I see things in a relation not perccivd before.' 'Will you call with me oaanold fricud,' asked Mr. Wilkins. 'Who?' , 'A yoor man. Once rich.' 'He might feel my visit as as Intrusion. No.' 'What reduced him to poverty?' 'A friend, in whom he put unlimited faith, deceived and ruined hiui.'' 'Ahl' 'And ho has never been ab'e to recover himself.' 'What is his utalc of mind?' 'You idiall judge for yourself.' 1 In poor lodgings they found a man fur pat the prime ol life. Ho wns in freeblo health, and for over two months had uU been able to go out and attend to business. His wife was dead, and his children absent. ()t all this Mr Fanshaw hud been told on tho way. His surprise was ral, when he saw, Instead of a sad looking, disappointed and suffering person, a cheerful old man, whose face warmed up on their entrance! as if sunshine were melting over it, Conversation turned in the dircctitn Mr Wilkins desired it to take, and the question soon camo, naturally,Jfrom Mr Fanshaw: 'And pray, sir, I10W was you sustained amid these losscc, and sorrows?' 'Through faith and patience,' was the smiling answer. 'Faith in God and tho right; and patience to wait.' ,liut all bus sone wrong with you and kept wrong. The friend who robbed you of an f state holds and enjoys it still; while you are in poverty. lie is eating jour children's bread.' - 'Po you envy his enjoyment?' asked the old man. 51r Fanshaw shook his hoad, and swered with an emphasis 'Noi' 'I am happier than he is.' said tho old man. 'And as lor his eating my children's bread, that is a mistake. His bread is bitter but theirs is sweet.' Hi reached for a letter that Iny ol) a table near him, and openening it, said 'This is frotn my son iu the West. Ho writes: 'Hear Father - All is going well with mo. I enclose you Cfty dollars. In a month I am to be married, and it is all arranged that dear Ali co and I shall go East just to see you and take you back homo with us. How nico and comfortable wc will make you I And you shall never leave!' Tho old man'a voice broke down on the last sentence, and bis eyes filled with tears But he soon rccovcrpd himself saying: 'Before I lost my property, this son was an idler, aud in such danger that through foar of his boing led astray, I was ofton in great distress of mind. Necessity icfccd him into useful employment; and you see tho result. I lost some money; but saved my son. Am I bat richer in such love as he bears me to day than if, without thi8 love, I possessed a milliou of dollars? Am I not happier? I knew it would all come out right I had faith, and I tried to be patient. It i' coming out right.' 'But the wrong that has been done, said Mr Fanshaw.' 'The injustice that exists. Here is a sooundrel, a robber, in thepcace able enjoyment of your goods, while you wero in want.' 'Wo do not onvysuch peace as his. The robber has no peace, lie never dwells in security; buv is always armed and on the watch. As for mo, it has so turned out that I nover lacked for fond and raiment.' 'Still, there is tho abstract wrong the evil triumphing over tho good,' said Mr-Fanshow. 'How do you reconcilo that with your mith iu Providence?' " 'What I see ulearly, as to myself, was replied, 'fully justifies theVays of God to man, Am I tho gainer or the loser by mis fortuno? Clearly the gainer. Tbntpoin-admits of no argument. So, what to m in the guise of evil, I find to be good. God has not rnockedjny faith iu him- I wait ed patiently nntil he revealed himself in tonder mercy; until the hand to which J clung in the dark valley led me up to the sunny hills. - No amount of worldly riches could give no the deep intcfiour satisfaction of mind that I now possess. As for 'he false frieud who robbed me, I can but leave him in the hands of the all wis Dis' poser t)f events. He will not find, an ' ill gotten gain, a blessing. It will not tuakc his bed soft; nor his food sWCet to the tast A just and righteous God will trouble his peace, and make another's" possessions the burden of bis life.' ,; ; . ,- . , .-i 'But that will not bcneGt you,' said Mr. Fanshaw. 'His suffering will not make good your los.' : 'My lo-a ii made good already. I have no ruuihliiiiit agi.inst 1'roridHiico, My compensation is a hundred Ibid. For drum havo gold. I, and mine, needed llio discipline of miatortune, and it emu throu-h tho perfidy of a friend. That Cuke friend, Hellish end graspingseeing in many tho groatcst good was pcriRittod to consumate his evil design That his evil punish 1 1 tan I urn sure; and in the pain of his punishment ho may bo led to reformation. If he cottiiiue to hide tho Stolen fvx it will tour his vitalo, 1 f ho lets it go he will scarcely venture upon a second theft. Iu either evcut, tbo wrong he was permitted to do will Lo turned iuto discipline; and my hardest wi-h 1 a regard to him in that the discipline may loud 10 re-foiilunce and a bettor life.' Tour faith and paticncu,'saidMr Fun. shaw, us he held the old mail's huud in parting, 'rebuke my restless disbelief. 1 thauk you l'ur having opeuod to my mind a. now regiou of thought fur having biadu fomo things clear that have ulwuys been dark. I am sure that out- meeting to-day is not a simple accidunt. I have been led here, aud i'ur a good purpose"' . As Mr Fanshaw and Air Wilkins left the poor man's lodgings, thetoriuur said; '1 know the fulbo wretch who ruiii'jj your friend 'Ah ! Te3. And he la a miserable man. The fox is indeed tearing bis vituls. 1 understand his case now. He must make restitution. 1 know how to approach him. This good, I uticnt, trusting old muu shall not suffer wroDg to the cud.' 'Dea not all this open a ucw world of thought to your mind?' asked Mr Wilkin's. 'Does it not show you that, umid all human wrong and disuster, the hand of Frovi dence moves iu wiso adjustment, and ever out of evil educed gool even through loss iu some lower degree. Consider how in an unpremeditated way,youare brought mfrt pnnttir.f u'ttlt n di..iw.. ...J 1.1. . ...... ou,,., uuu iiuvt ma i 1Kb and cxpenencMouching yours gives out a spark that lights a candle in your ' soul to illuuims chambers where scarcely in rav had shone before: uud thin not. nlm.a for your benefit. It scouis as if you were! to no maue un instrument ot good not only to tho wrntmnil lillt tn thA urnniwr 1' 0 ... . -e-.. you can effect restitution in any degree, the benefit will be mutual.' 'I can and I will effect it.' replied Mr Fanshaw . "And he did ! ' Vt'ork for the Hour. Take tho whole Country togethei, or our own State as a sample of it, inquire from township to township, front neighborhood to neighbothood, and this general proposi tion holds good, that two thirds of those who take their politici from regularly read ing one or more newspapers vote oh the right side, while those who pick up what littlo they know of publio affiirs in bar rooms nod kindred haunts of sensuality vote tho other ,way. Scrutinize closely almost any townslrp which is pretty equally divided in poliiic.4, and ou will perceive tho samo general truth that two-thirds of tho voicra who regularly take and read a newspaper, volo wi:h the Unionists, while two-thirds of the households wherein no newspaper is taken give their votes to the Sham Democracy. The young men who aro cstoeir.cd studious, widely iuformed, extensivo and habitual readers, are mainly on the other side, whilo t".ose who read littlo or nothing, and that mainly in grog' shops, are usually Copperheads. If it were a part of the common law of this country that at least oho newspaper should be taken in every family, ot at least as uniformly as tha children are' sent to school, it would no', be possible to elect a Viillapdighara or Horatio Scyhiour to a treat public trust. Such men in office aro the toadstools that spring from a soil rank with popular ignorance and vice. Just as the rebellion could not have been possible had the Southern masses been educated and accustomed to rend, so it wo'd be found so damaging and futile as to be in effect impossible to maintain the position which the Democratic party now holds with regard to Slavery and the war for the Union Were tho people universally well informed with regard to public affairs. ' . We are just opouing tho most mornen tous year iu our country's historyf Yv itji-in that year, it is highly probable that the Slaveholders' Ecbellioa will somehow collapse, and the authority of the Federal Government over tho revolted States be practically re asserted. Within that year, wo shall decide wheather Slavery shall or shsll not survive the more immediate - arrest of the deadly, parrioidal blow it aimed at the heart of the ItepUblio Within that year, a President will be choson for the futironsuing years, who must lore Knd ohersli either Liberty or Slavery who will bo the generous, admiring ooin patriot on at heart tho foe of those who havo so nobly opposed their boasts to the shock of rebel assault on our Union who will ut terly abhor or dextrously play with the terly ablmr or dcxtrotuly pluy with tlm idea of a rnpiidiuliru of our Xatioiml Debt who will, in short, continue and complete tho work of Nuliollui aalvatiou from uluveholding treason, or become the tool and playing of the conspirators ly whom the ruin of the ltcpublic was plotted and ill but accomplished. The work of preparation for the erent-ful canvass of 1864 propsrly commences now. Throughout tlitf ensuing three months, the industrious classes have more leisure than at othor seasons. Now is the time to form or invigorate habits of reading with reference topublio affairs. Now is the time to persuade overy farmer, me-chanio, teamster, or day laborer, to take at least one good newspaper, and make himself better acquainted with the daily progress uf publio affairs. Now is the time to sow broadcast the seeds which shall ripen for the harvest of next November. "Madame," said John Randolph to a 1 . . . . tauy deeply interested in the struggles and ,,gSOf me ureeKS, then b-eaking uo.r lui Kiso cnains, "ine wrecks are a' : your door. ho wo gay to every patriot your work lies directly arouin you! Let a conceited effort be mndo to place at least one good newspaper, for the ensuing yuar, in every household in the loyal States wlicle it Will be welcomed and read. 1 Ferhans half nf'tlmaA lm j I . - -. v. 11 v uun uu It 1 1 11 II II I. ao so irom mere beedleasndsg -they only need tc have their attention cnlled to the subject. Many., more Will pay the trifle that a cheap weekly costs if each is solicited to do so by a faiend iu whom he has confidence. And, if there be any who 1 m . can t pay tor such a paper, they ought to b supplied by their more fortunate neighbors ' and townsmen without charge.- Yes, even though it be a widow's family of boys who aro not to vote these eight years, they should tltu bo supplied, with a view to their qualification for the weighty trust of electors at that distaut day. ' Unionists of every State, County, City i . i .... . . ' m.. i . . ... lownsiup ana neighborhood ! we entreat jyur imdiediato and co-operative sotiou with a view to suDolvino- evorv famTTi r, destituto with some good public journal i for the ensuimr vn.ir! tlf ov. .n. subscribe and pay who can be persuaded to do so; but, if there be others, have them snpplied somehow. Let nottheyoar l8(U open upon you' with his duty still in abeyance. Lot county and townahip organiz.r tion aid the work so iar as possible; but let not tho New Year down upon us till, a!l over the loyal States, every family that can be persuaded to take and read one is provided with some good Union journal for the whole of that year! A'cio York Anecdote or Father Jiathcw. He had arrived in the dusk of the evening at the hollse of a parish priest in a-c-mote part of tlie county of Galway, where he was to preach in aid of the fuuds of the sohool, convent or chapel, and afterwards administer the pledge. The best room in the house was prepared for the honored guest, who was conducted to it by his host. Tbo room was on the ground floor and lighted by t large boy window, which was without blinds or curtains of any kind. Father Mathew, whose bed room in Cove-street wa3 as plain and aim-pie as this apartment, only thought of pre paring himself, by a good night's rest, fof the labcrs of the following diy, and turn-ing his face to the wall, and his back to the window, he soon fell iuto a deep slumber. Awaking, as was usual with him, at an early hour in tho morning ha opened his eyes, blessed himself, repeated a prayer, and turned towards the window. But imagine hia dismay, when he beheld a crowd of people men, womn and children in front of the Mindless and curtain-less lay wiadow, and at least a scoro of noses flattered against the glass, the better to enable 'their respective proprietors to obtain a peep at his reverence. A more modest man did not exist than Father Mathew; and great was his embarrassment at tho indication of his popularity. lie glanced at the head Of the bed, and at the table near him, to see if a bell were in reach; bnt such a luxury in tlie house of a pried, in a mountain parish of Galway, was not to be thought of. No he'pi therefore: from that quarter. There was some thing resembling i beli-pull at one side of the firo plu'e; but if it wcro a boll-pull, and not a mockery to.d a delusion, it might as well have been t wenty miles away, for any practical advan age at that moment; for it Would bo diflicu't to say what would induce Father Mathe-w to quit the shelter ot the bod clothes and walk across the room to grasp that tantalisting cord. The crowd ou'side was momentarily en the increase, and the deepening murmur of their voices testified to tbo animation of ( the conversation carried on. Occasionally might do he heard such as the follwing 'Do yon see . him, Mary, asthor?' 'Danny, agra, have me, take a hxk at Gol bless youl'rT' Where r yon pushing with yourself! -boold offov my foot, will ye?' 'Ob, Wislm? there's the ' Misled Hriesil' -lion. ft mai, would ye be plated to lift ov our back oue 'ml link 'tis a horse I was.' Tim a shame for ye to be thire what eurnnity iain yesaUI'-'Mam-my, mammy! there lie is!' Ieus his poll!' -Whisht y' don't be after wukin' him. I'lllhef Mrilhow velured another peep; but the slightest liioVvlni'tit 011 bis part only ovoked increased unrioty outside; and it seemed to him n it tho window pnuca wore every moment accommodating a huge number of flattened no; us. 'J lie poor man felt himself a prisoner, ulul lirlel.ed With eugenics for any sound which uve hope or promise of deliverance; but it. was nut till after three mortal hours ol bis giuwt'a comic cuptivitv thut the voiihidcrute ho:, who would not 'disturb' hisyuest loo early outered the apartment, and thus became awure of the prcsouee of the admiring j crowd, who it ueed seuice'y bo suid, were Iqujckly dispersed, to Father Mslhew's in elluble reliof.-.l.Va Li, liktu. Miuing for Yotul. The Irish ''hog-oak' has be'-n l nj; , tl.cy cannot afford to get it at ten cents a known uud celebrated. It coi'isis's of tin; gimzlo, then thev will patrnniso the whol tullen trunks ol ancient oak forur. lioM.sal uualr. and Vrinu into vnene the ol I deeply covered by accumulations ol ' peat box, but still perfectly sound. 'J hi- mi . cicnt wood furnishes larjiu quantities ol - valuable timber, which is mined troni the. beds in which it lios, aud workd into . beautiful articles of calinul W rk, sculp- lured panels, and other ?rvin. '1 lie ' durk stain imparted to it by ie loiig atctiti' ing it baa undergone in water fa' ufi.ttd with both vegetable and m neral until rs, give it a special value for ornamental wood w,,r''- Similar desposiis ot auciuiit wood exist in tho vust swamp ol .Nw .lersoy. These hurried trees, however, are co'MM' mid the occasion ah onld be one of thought, and not oaks, aud it is un.de a regulut ul ' t ul couYiderntiou. Why is this demand profitable business to dm tlicm from their ; tiwde? What benefit will yon receive by beds, to be manufactured into vhittglua, Ueeeoding to it? How ronch better, .an'i which are said to be of extraordinary ex- huppior, and richer and healthier would cellcuce and durability. A New York 1 jou be without drinking at nil? HoW .L.J. 1 ...... I ...1.1..' 1 Ml II" 1 . paper mus ueserious ino umncr, ami ino processot getting it out: "Those swamps are very valuable, an acre of aurh timber commanding from live hntidri;! to a (!!". - sauu dollars. , 1 How much will you gum m reputation ni "A peculiar feature of the swamps is, pocket, by" refusing to pny " ten cent V thut the soil.iaof purely vugetabk' gr..wih, drink? Some of you drink -.ten times often twenty feet or more in depth. The , week, and even supposing yon are ' trf peaty curth is constantly sccunnilutirrj". r;d'' as off n asyou trsat, you will be oni frotn the fall uf leaves and hou jx, ami of pocket just oho dollar I . That w ilt trees are found buried iu it at ufl depths. 'amount t. fifty dollars o year a sumal--quite down to solid grouud. The timber j moat sufficient to provide you with gen'ti f-so buried retrains its buoyancy and col ir, f clothing during that period. Thousands and lurge numbers of workmen aro con-j of mechanics and laboring men apend stantly employed in raising and splitting j lewth of their earning tor leer, ale, whi' the logs into rails and "hinglea. in pnrch- j Key, ale, ncd yet they twnnhtin. of -'thn in!; for theso Ions, the workman uses nn , prices- of articles of neocsitr, , Will iron rod, which he thru-tU into thu soil, and. by repealed triul", ascertains the ie and length of the' wood he strikes, and thea, by digging down obtains a chip, by tho smell of which be can dctcruiiro whether it is worth removal. Tho iiuin-1 habit of driukiug tale a mlrr view of the ber of shingles produced from the wood j situation, anl we are satisfied thotr t-of these submerged forosta is very great; j solve will be neper lopny ttn centt drink. Irom tho little town ot I'eniuaville ns many as eight hundred thousand, valued a twelve thousand dollars, have been soul iu market III a year. Horn tliu etillie plact', thousands of dollars' worth of whito cedar rails are annually scut out. The dcp :sil of timber at this poiut extcups to an indefi nite depth, and although. Irom tho growih i above it, believed to be two thousand year old is all entirely sound, and will supply, for years to come, the draft upon it." l)tli)rcn's ohnnu Tini Prpnipoil AUI 1 rtparca. Seldom have I heard a more affectum I incident than that related by a country I physician, lie was railed to ace a lady! who had been sick but three days, li husband took him into the next room, and aaiceu wna. ho thought ot aer case, lie ! said it must terminate futallv! When Ibev i vmiuq wuvn IV OCUDIUU, lIIU Ha W BOIIIC tliifig in their countenances which led her to say, "DocUr, what have you been telling my husband?? Did you say I could not live?" The doctor with extreme rs. luotance, foltobliged to say,'-Ye." Instantly she threw out hvr arms towards him, and bettiug her anxious, g tied dye upon him, exclaimed, "Oh, doctor, . . i . .. . i ' must not ict aie die. l ou mutt keep in i a ntiio longer in the world, tor I have made no preparation." He carried the story no farther exoent to sav tharit mad., a i impression on him which lie hope.) would nevef U effaced. I remembot a case much like it; that of a bright, attractive young lady, amiublo j add much esteemed; to all upneurauc "guy and buppy," and Without the leant incliuatiun to religion. She wis htalthy and of a good constitution; but p:ckncss came, and ere she was aware the hand of death was ttpon b.r. Feeling very strangely, sho cried to the lady who eat by bel galy, she cried to the lady who sat by her, "Is this death? Oh, I nnot dio. I cannot di !" and immediately expired. I ask mvself. Shall T hn in H.i. ..f.,1 ,. . condition when my hoir comes? Oh, (jou i.oroiu. Ana mat t may not, let me be prayerful and careful now while death is not In sight. a. v. Drs. Iladett and Barber lava rooms at he Ken von Hoiua. th Price t f Drinks. The tavern keepers have agreed tor&iW h price of plain drink" ti ten ceBtH, on i:d alier tbo flr.H of February. Fancy drinks, which now sell at a dime, will be shoved wp to ti t" h reMs This will be ral ncwa t tipt'ler and toners, but "the ral of mankind'' will rather rejoice at it. It will bo 4 fcrioustiix on the cental drinker, whonlways calls for the btst and never forgets" to invite "his friends" wh may bo with or about him- The tipplor, too. Who mtist have h'f "nips" reeularly, with or without hi fronds, will find this tha wirat tax which he has yet been called upon to pay. And whst will become of the to, er that wretched spec i men of hu' nmriity who hns passed from the cln of' titmlera into the low crade of r? nt The- genteel drinker will have to make hit via-' I lis less irequeuv. no "iiinin iu iw j more exclusive in the election of hia friends. V lieu lie enters a bat room, h will not 'ant lna eyes aoout to una all Hia familiar faces, but will keep his eyes tin the bar tender and give "spongers" tha go-by, Aa to the tippler, ho will have to do most of bis drinking alone, and in taV- ing a trla will fill it a "finger" or two hii liar tlna usual. Indeed. th . iioorcr i.riir.t.Lvo .nil tnnnrfl will 1mi.A In quit the taverns altngctliT. and hetitk ! t lemstlveB to the bottle. They must ba- lit and in sufficient quantity, too and ii fiaA and jug. . Then We mny expect to see them not only with "bricks in thai hats," but with flurkp in their pnckaN. Ten cents a dlink ! Just think of if I Youn man. just atar'ing out in life, cnu iilor this matter seriouly. How manv of you have been iu the habit of "treating1 your trienda occasioimlly at five cents a drink? How many more drink "very day ot that ngurcr How vory many drink many j times a dav. and never complain of the bill only live cents a drink? Now ton. I ore at-ked to pay just doaMe that Trio, t mucn misery win you: eave yoiirseu. ami how much pain and care and anxiety wWl you save your family and friends, by r. ' ir.'v'n never lo pay ten ints a drink? bev not also object to the Inch price ot that which is not onlyentircly unnecessary in their welfare, but' positivfly !njuriou? " t,et our reaikra ronsidav tl.ese matter : 'arefullv. and lot tho who are i thu i rttt&tntrg Uuztitt. Kcplug a Secret. Th father of Twpirius, as a Ceontor of Home, ono day took him i: 'be siiuw, v.hsn hey dolihrrut?d oh firtii fftlj.-M of importance. On bis return home bis mother asked him what bad j.ifwH iu il Fenatc. Tie young Vapirina amwrJ that he was ordered oot lo rpnk of it- 1 his anrwer, as wc may readily roncrhc, only augmented his mother's uriotdiy. .She became more aolicitnns.und nop loud every mcons in 1 er prwrr to ohrfai the information the w-rhed- Her son, ( avoid any further importmU ic, and to ,v , m,i,pr-H .xi.tv. I-Id nrr thai il.uv had been deliberatinr whether it! would he hettcr tor the republic to auftcr tke men to have two wivca or the women to have two busbanda. The 'cnator a lt)r, eot immediately. tboiiL-h rhr had' promised secrecy, and .romm jmcatcd be 'eors to some other Boman Ludics. The next liiorning a brgo body of iudignuut .vea presented themaelvcs at the duor or the Senate, and in a voice declared that it would be far better to let iho women have two husbands, and Were incensed that they should determine a matter of such, importance Without hearing what they had to say. The Senate not 'Understanding the women's requests, were thrown into Kieal constornalion, when theyounir l'a- . ! pirius ane, and related in what way bo it iiubu i. ip iii'iiiivi b . mt'vui .i a ni.cn t'Mire'di tha prudence ot young I'apirlun , WllB praised; hut it was rw!ved that jy1 ang man, except 1'apirius, niould 'admitted into the fcpntf. nd be Scolding i iiildrca' ; T will tejl yon what f.-nod it iloeg to scold your cildren for tloiiiL' what oh n"Te ,r ,d ,lnem lo o just as touch good us to scold in uhrtl!y fix for jumping over uio icnce mm eating the orn contrary to orders previously pivf h to him. Child-' ' rcn are governed by one of fwnmot'vieslb ' ht pe of reward end fear had ot unpleasant c nsequcaea. A ftrenm acohlino: as loni; r as from ann to sun baa never any other efeet upon cildren than to rendtr them. Whol.'ey regardless of what ia said to them If you wish to make your children trnndl soiu, scold tbnu occasionaly. Jf you wish to make (hem bad. snld Umm a little hr- I ""JV" ' " 7 i w rum lnem aD(1 volinquiBh ell hope " jof eouquering thera scold continualiy you - " UB uroioeam your ot'ject. An old laciielur a couutrv fallow nt liking tho way his landlady's daughter hail ot appropriating his hair oil, filled bi bottlo with Spaulding'a jrluo one day be- fare a ball to which the girl was invitd and ah staid at homo in tuancquinica.- twae a ficadiah rvng, " n T O -'K

)Z etsjwwii&iaaw i; .Wfwaxiu. l . u. 1 'i jp u' -n iBL" in 5 I A - " I rtltf.fMIYftfW. k1 rtVW is 'V VOL X; MOUNT VERNON, OHIO , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, I8C4. rt l; KO 1G 1 r t ft u 'it' i JIOINT JUSPl'BMCAN. T titt M St for One your (invariably in ttdvnce)$2,00 - I'm ux moh'tha, 1,00 TKHSIIj KM? ADVlRTIMNa, F)he square 6 Yrtlfcks, 1,00 One square, ft bionths, 8,(10 t)n square, 6 months, 4,60 One square, 1 year, fl00 We fcqWfo (changeable monthly) 1 0,00 Changeable weekly, 15,00 f wo squares, 8 weeks, 1.75 Two squares, 6 Weeks, 8,25 Twd squares, 8 months, bfih Jwa squared, 6 months, fl.f A Two squares, 1 Year, 8,00 Three squares, 8 weeks, 2,60 Three squares, fl weeks, -4,60 Thf ao aquaros, 3 mouths, . ' C,00 Three squares, 6 nldhtlig, 8,00 Throe squared, 1 year, 10,00 tWo-fourth coluinU, ulian. quarterly, 16,00 t)ne-third " " " 22,00 tltte-holF " " t)ne column, changeable quarterly, 28,00 50,00 Select poctru iJotUc-Worn Banners. 1 .. BT PARK BENJAMIN. ' It aw the soldiers come to day From battlc-ffcid afur; -Jo conqueror rodo beftire their way On his triun phil car, TU' captains, like tbeiuHelves on ioot And bauncrs aadly torn, AU graudly eloquent, though mute, In pride and glory borne. Those bnnnors, soiled with dirt and smoke, And rent by shot and si ell, That through the serried phalanx broke What terrors they could- tell ! What talis of sudden pain and death ., In every cannon's boom, When even the bravest held his breath And waited for his doom. By hands of steel these flags were waved Above the oarnago dirt) Almost destroyed yet always saved, Mid battle-cloud and fire,""," Though down at times, still up they rose And kissed the breeze again,-Dread tokens to the rebel foes Of truo and luyal men. And litre the true and loyal still Those famous banners bear; The bugles wind, the fifes blow shrill, And clash the cymbal; where ; Vith detlmated ranks they comt, And through the crowded street March to the beating of the drum With firm though weary feet. SGlod lies the Boldiers ! cry the tolk . Whose cheers of welcome swell; God likss the banners, black with smoke And 'toTU by ehot and shell; They should be 'hung on sacred shriues, Kaptized with grateful tears, And live ombalmed in .poetry's lines Through all succeeding. years. Ho grander trophies could be 'brought By patriot sire to son, Of glorious battles nobly fought; , Bravo deeds sublimely done. And so, to-day, I chanced with pride And solemn joy to see IThose reninaots front the bloody tide Of Victory.. V ' Evettivg rott, Jan. 20, 1SC1. FAITH AND PATIENCE. i ' 'v BT T.-8. AETnUR. 'I have no faith in anything,' raid a foor doubter, Who had tru&tod in human prudence, and been disnppoin'ed; who had endeavored to walk by tho lumine of self derived intelligence instead of by the light f divine truth, so loft his way in the 'World He was fifty years old ! What a iad con-fession for a man thus far on the journey of life ! 'No faith in anythingf . 'You have faith in Cod, Fanehaw,' re filied tho gentleman to whom tho remark Was made. , 'In God 7 I don't know him.' And 3Ir Fanshaw shook his head in n bewilder edsort of w.v. There was bo levity in his manner..' 'People talk a great deal about God, and their knowledge of him,' he added, but not irreverently. 'I think there is often more of pious cant in all this than of living experience. You rpeak about faith in God: What is the ground ofyour faith f ' 'We hare internal sight, as well as cisternal sight.' , ? There was no respond to this in Mr. Fanshaw's ftce. ' r- 'We can see with the mind as well U with the eyes.' 'How?' . : , 'An architect fees (he building, in all Its fine proportions, with the yes of his mind before it exists in space visible to hir bodily eyes.'-, j - . v 'Oht that is your meaning, friend Wil kins,' said Mr Fsnahaw, his countenance brightening litiloi ' 'In prt,' wis replied! 'That he can see the building in his mind establishes thfl fact of eternal sight.', ,' ,," . 'Admitted; Ind What then?' tha Dew world the world of spirit.' Mr Fanshaw ihook his head, aUil closed lips tightly. 'I don't believe in spirits,' lit) aUHwered. 'You believe in your own spirit. 'I don't know that I have any spiiit.' 'You think and fuul in a region distinct from the body, Batd Me Wilkins. 1 Bah't Bay as to that,' 'You can think of Justico, of equity, of liberty,' . , Yes,' , - 'A abstract sights; n things espcntial, and out of the region of simple matter. The body doesn't think; it is tho soul.' 'Very well. For argument' sake, lot all tills bo granted, I don't wish to cavil I am in no mood for that. And now, as to the ground of your faith in God.' 'Convictions,' anhwered JJr Wilkins, are real things to a man. Impressions are one thing; convictions another. The first are like images on a glass; the others like figures in a textile fabric. Tbo first arc made iu an instant of time, and often pass as quickly; tho latter aro slowly wrought iii tho loom ef life, though dafly experience and careful thought. Ilprein lies the ground of my faith in God it is an inwrought conviction. First I had the child's sweet faith; trinsfi a d into my soi 1 with a mother's love, and uuslmdowed by a single doubt. Then, on growing older as I rend the Bible, which 1 beliovo to be God's Wi rd, I saw llrn-t its precopt? were divide, and so tho child's faith was suc ceeded by r tional sight. Afterwards, as I floated off into tho world, and met with stortnJ that recked my fondest hopes; with baffling winds and adverse urrents; with perils and disappointments. faith wavered sometimes, when the skies were dark aud threatening, my mind gavo way to doubt. But always after tho storm pasted, and the sun came out again, have I found my vessel unharmed, with freight ready for shipment of value fur beyond what I had lost. I havo thrown over, in stress of weather, to save nyself.from being euguKcd, things that I hold to be very precious thrown them over, wcoping Butallcr a while, things more proeinus took their place goodly pearls, found in a farther voyage, which, but for my Iocs, would not have been ventured. Always am I peeing the hand ofTrovi-ilcncc-always proving the divine announce ment, 'The very hairs of your head are numbered.' Is there not ground for faith here? If the Word of God stand in agree mcnt with reanon and experience, shall I . I I O tfl ... noi nave laim; u my convictions are clear, to disbelieve is impossible.' TV.e faith of manhood is stronger, because it rests on reason and experience,' said Mr. Wilkins. 'With me, reason and experience give no faith in God, and no hope in tho future. All bofore me is dark.' 'Simply, because you do not ue your reason aright nor read your experiences correotly. If you were to do this, light would fall upon your way. You raid, a little whilo ago, that you had 110 faith in anything. You spoke without due reflection.' . ". . 'No; I meant just what Isaid- Is there liability to nnything? In whatoan I trust to morrow? Simply it. nothing. My house may be in ruins, burnt to the ground, at daylight The frknd to whom I loaned my uiouoy to day, to help him in hisnejd way fail totnorrowin my need. Thebank in which I took stock may break tho ship in which I have an adventure, go down at sea. But why enumerate? I am sure of nothing.' , L 'Not even of the Itfvo of your child?' A warm flash came Into the face of Mr. Fanshaw. He had one daughter, twelve yeart Tear Alice,' he murmured, in a aofter voice. 'Yes, I am sure of that. There is no room for doubt. She loves me.' One thing in which to have faith,' taid Mr Wilkin. 'Not in a house, which can not be made who'ly safe from fire; nor in a bank, which may fail; nor in a friendly piomiaetnor in a shipatsea but his love. Are you alraid to havo that lave tried? If you were lick or in misfortune, would it grow dim or.periab?' Nay, would it not be intensified? 'I think, Mr Fanshaw tontinuod his friend, 'that you have not tested your faith by higher and better things by thioga real and substantial.' 'What is more real than a houie, or a bill of exchange?' asked Mr Fanshaw. 'Imperishable love, incorruptible integ. rity, unflinching honor,' was replied. 'Do these exist?' Mr Faaahaw " looked 'We know that they exist. Yon know that the exist History, obfenation, i-perience, reason, 'all comes 10- the proof. We doubt but in he face of conviotiou! Are these not higher and nobler things than welth, or worldly honors; than plate of power ? And is he not screncst and happiest whose life teats on these as a house npon its foondations? You cannot 'Admittcil, and Wo puss into shake such a man. Wt cannot throw him down. Weulth my go, and fricuds. drop uWiiy like withering nututnU leaves; but lie stands fust, with the liilit of limv. Ctl Upon his brow. l!o has faith in virtuo he has trust In Godhe knows that all will come right in the end; and that ho will be a wiser and a better man tor the trial thai tested his irinciploa for the storms that toughened, but did not break the fibros of his soul.' 'Youliltmo intoancw region of thought said Mr FamdiHW. 'A dim light in brouk-ing Into my mind. I see things in a relation not perccivd before.' 'Will you call with me oaanold fricud,' asked Mr. Wilkins. 'Who?' , 'A yoor man. Once rich.' 'He might feel my visit as as Intrusion. No.' 'What reduced him to poverty?' 'A friend, in whom he put unlimited faith, deceived and ruined hiui.'' 'Ahl' 'And ho has never been ab'e to recover himself.' 'What is his utalc of mind?' 'You idiall judge for yourself.' 1 In poor lodgings they found a man fur pat the prime ol life. Ho wns in freeblo health, and for over two months had uU been able to go out and attend to business. His wife was dead, and his children absent. ()t all this Mr Fanshaw hud been told on tho way. His surprise was ral, when he saw, Instead of a sad looking, disappointed and suffering person, a cheerful old man, whose face warmed up on their entrance! as if sunshine were melting over it, Conversation turned in the dircctitn Mr Wilkins desired it to take, and the question soon camo, naturally,Jfrom Mr Fanshaw: 'And pray, sir, I10W was you sustained amid these losscc, and sorrows?' 'Through faith and patience,' was the smiling answer. 'Faith in God and tho right; and patience to wait.' ,liut all bus sone wrong with you and kept wrong. The friend who robbed you of an f state holds and enjoys it still; while you are in poverty. lie is eating jour children's bread.' - 'Po you envy his enjoyment?' asked the old man. 51r Fanshaw shook his hoad, and swered with an emphasis 'Noi' 'I am happier than he is.' said tho old man. 'And as lor his eating my children's bread, that is a mistake. His bread is bitter but theirs is sweet.' Hi reached for a letter that Iny ol) a table near him, and openening it, said 'This is frotn my son iu the West. Ho writes: 'Hear Father - All is going well with mo. I enclose you Cfty dollars. In a month I am to be married, and it is all arranged that dear Ali co and I shall go East just to see you and take you back homo with us. How nico and comfortable wc will make you I And you shall never leave!' Tho old man'a voice broke down on the last sentence, and bis eyes filled with tears But he soon rccovcrpd himself saying: 'Before I lost my property, this son was an idler, aud in such danger that through foar of his boing led astray, I was ofton in great distress of mind. Necessity icfccd him into useful employment; and you see tho result. I lost some money; but saved my son. Am I bat richer in such love as he bears me to day than if, without thi8 love, I possessed a milliou of dollars? Am I not happier? I knew it would all come out right I had faith, and I tried to be patient. It i' coming out right.' 'But the wrong that has been done, said Mr Fanshaw.' 'The injustice that exists. Here is a sooundrel, a robber, in thepcace able enjoyment of your goods, while you wero in want.' 'Wo do not onvysuch peace as his. The robber has no peace, lie never dwells in security; buv is always armed and on the watch. As for mo, it has so turned out that I nover lacked for fond and raiment.' 'Still, there is tho abstract wrong the evil triumphing over tho good,' said Mr-Fanshow. 'How do you reconcilo that with your mith iu Providence?' " 'What I see ulearly, as to myself, was replied, 'fully justifies theVays of God to man, Am I tho gainer or the loser by mis fortuno? Clearly the gainer. Tbntpoin-admits of no argument. So, what to m in the guise of evil, I find to be good. God has not rnockedjny faith iu him- I wait ed patiently nntil he revealed himself in tonder mercy; until the hand to which J clung in the dark valley led me up to the sunny hills. - No amount of worldly riches could give no the deep intcfiour satisfaction of mind that I now possess. As for 'he false frieud who robbed me, I can but leave him in the hands of the all wis Dis' poser t)f events. He will not find, an ' ill gotten gain, a blessing. It will not tuakc his bed soft; nor his food sWCet to the tast A just and righteous God will trouble his peace, and make another's" possessions the burden of bis life.' ,; ; . ,- . , .-i 'But that will not bcneGt you,' said Mr. Fanshaw. 'His suffering will not make good your los.' : 'My lo-a ii made good already. I have no ruuihliiiiit agi.inst 1'roridHiico, My compensation is a hundred Ibid. For drum havo gold. I, and mine, needed llio discipline of miatortune, and it emu throu-h tho perfidy of a friend. That Cuke friend, Hellish end graspingseeing in many tho groatcst good was pcriRittod to consumate his evil design That his evil punish 1 1 tan I urn sure; and in the pain of his punishment ho may bo led to reformation. If he cottiiiue to hide tho Stolen fvx it will tour his vitalo, 1 f ho lets it go he will scarcely venture upon a second theft. Iu either evcut, tbo wrong he was permitted to do will Lo turned iuto discipline; and my hardest wi-h 1 a regard to him in that the discipline may loud 10 re-foiilunce and a bettor life.' Tour faith and paticncu,'saidMr Fun. shaw, us he held the old mail's huud in parting, 'rebuke my restless disbelief. 1 thauk you l'ur having opeuod to my mind a. now regiou of thought fur having biadu fomo things clear that have ulwuys been dark. I am sure that out- meeting to-day is not a simple accidunt. I have been led here, aud i'ur a good purpose"' . As Mr Fanshaw and Air Wilkins left the poor man's lodgings, thetoriuur said; '1 know the fulbo wretch who ruiii'jj your friend 'Ah ! Te3. And he la a miserable man. The fox is indeed tearing bis vituls. 1 understand his case now. He must make restitution. 1 know how to approach him. This good, I uticnt, trusting old muu shall not suffer wroDg to the cud.' 'Dea not all this open a ucw world of thought to your mind?' asked Mr Wilkin's. 'Does it not show you that, umid all human wrong and disuster, the hand of Frovi dence moves iu wiso adjustment, and ever out of evil educed gool even through loss iu some lower degree. Consider how in an unpremeditated way,youare brought mfrt pnnttir.f u'ttlt n di..iw.. ...J 1.1. . ...... ou,,., uuu iiuvt ma i 1Kb and cxpenencMouching yours gives out a spark that lights a candle in your ' soul to illuuims chambers where scarcely in rav had shone before: uud thin not. nlm.a for your benefit. It scouis as if you were! to no maue un instrument ot good not only to tho wrntmnil lillt tn thA urnniwr 1' 0 ... . -e-.. you can effect restitution in any degree, the benefit will be mutual.' 'I can and I will effect it.' replied Mr Fanshaw . "And he did ! ' Vt'ork for the Hour. Take tho whole Country togethei, or our own State as a sample of it, inquire from township to township, front neighborhood to neighbothood, and this general proposi tion holds good, that two thirds of those who take their politici from regularly read ing one or more newspapers vote oh the right side, while those who pick up what littlo they know of publio affiirs in bar rooms nod kindred haunts of sensuality vote tho other ,way. Scrutinize closely almost any townslrp which is pretty equally divided in poliiic.4, and ou will perceive tho samo general truth that two-thirds of tho voicra who regularly take and read a newspaper, volo wi:h the Unionists, while two-thirds of the households wherein no newspaper is taken give their votes to the Sham Democracy. The young men who aro cstoeir.cd studious, widely iuformed, extensivo and habitual readers, are mainly on the other side, whilo t".ose who read littlo or nothing, and that mainly in grog' shops, are usually Copperheads. If it were a part of the common law of this country that at least oho newspaper should be taken in every family, ot at least as uniformly as tha children are' sent to school, it would no', be possible to elect a Viillapdighara or Horatio Scyhiour to a treat public trust. Such men in office aro the toadstools that spring from a soil rank with popular ignorance and vice. Just as the rebellion could not have been possible had the Southern masses been educated and accustomed to rend, so it wo'd be found so damaging and futile as to be in effect impossible to maintain the position which the Democratic party now holds with regard to Slavery and the war for the Union Were tho people universally well informed with regard to public affairs. ' . We are just opouing tho most mornen tous year iu our country's historyf Yv itji-in that year, it is highly probable that the Slaveholders' Ecbellioa will somehow collapse, and the authority of the Federal Government over tho revolted States be practically re asserted. Within that year, wo shall decide wheather Slavery shall or shsll not survive the more immediate - arrest of the deadly, parrioidal blow it aimed at the heart of the ItepUblio Within that year, a President will be choson for the futironsuing years, who must lore Knd ohersli either Liberty or Slavery who will bo the generous, admiring ooin patriot on at heart tho foe of those who havo so nobly opposed their boasts to the shock of rebel assault on our Union who will ut terly abhor or dextrously play with the terly ablmr or dcxtrotuly pluy with tlm idea of a rnpiidiuliru of our Xatioiml Debt who will, in short, continue and complete tho work of Nuliollui aalvatiou from uluveholding treason, or become the tool and playing of the conspirators ly whom the ruin of the ltcpublic was plotted and ill but accomplished. The work of preparation for the erent-ful canvass of 1864 propsrly commences now. Throughout tlitf ensuing three months, the industrious classes have more leisure than at othor seasons. Now is the time to form or invigorate habits of reading with reference topublio affairs. Now is the time to persuade overy farmer, me-chanio, teamster, or day laborer, to take at least one good newspaper, and make himself better acquainted with the daily progress uf publio affairs. Now is the time to sow broadcast the seeds which shall ripen for the harvest of next November. "Madame," said John Randolph to a 1 . . . . tauy deeply interested in the struggles and ,,gSOf me ureeKS, then b-eaking uo.r lui Kiso cnains, "ine wrecks are a' : your door. ho wo gay to every patriot your work lies directly arouin you! Let a conceited effort be mndo to place at least one good newspaper, for the ensuing yuar, in every household in the loyal States wlicle it Will be welcomed and read. 1 Ferhans half nf'tlmaA lm j I . - -. v. 11 v uun uu It 1 1 11 II II I. ao so irom mere beedleasndsg -they only need tc have their attention cnlled to the subject. Many., more Will pay the trifle that a cheap weekly costs if each is solicited to do so by a faiend iu whom he has confidence. And, if there be any who 1 m . can t pay tor such a paper, they ought to b supplied by their more fortunate neighbors ' and townsmen without charge.- Yes, even though it be a widow's family of boys who aro not to vote these eight years, they should tltu bo supplied, with a view to their qualification for the weighty trust of electors at that distaut day. ' Unionists of every State, County, City i . i .... . . ' m.. i . . ... lownsiup ana neighborhood ! we entreat jyur imdiediato and co-operative sotiou with a view to suDolvino- evorv famTTi r, destituto with some good public journal i for the ensuimr vn.ir! tlf ov. .n. subscribe and pay who can be persuaded to do so; but, if there be others, have them snpplied somehow. Let nottheyoar l8(U open upon you' with his duty still in abeyance. Lot county and townahip organiz.r tion aid the work so iar as possible; but let not tho New Year down upon us till, a!l over the loyal States, every family that can be persuaded to take and read one is provided with some good Union journal for the whole of that year! A'cio York Anecdote or Father Jiathcw. He had arrived in the dusk of the evening at the hollse of a parish priest in a-c-mote part of tlie county of Galway, where he was to preach in aid of the fuuds of the sohool, convent or chapel, and afterwards administer the pledge. The best room in the house was prepared for the honored guest, who was conducted to it by his host. Tbo room was on the ground floor and lighted by t large boy window, which was without blinds or curtains of any kind. Father Mathew, whose bed room in Cove-street wa3 as plain and aim-pie as this apartment, only thought of pre paring himself, by a good night's rest, fof the labcrs of the following diy, and turn-ing his face to the wall, and his back to the window, he soon fell iuto a deep slumber. Awaking, as was usual with him, at an early hour in tho morning ha opened his eyes, blessed himself, repeated a prayer, and turned towards the window. But imagine hia dismay, when he beheld a crowd of people men, womn and children in front of the Mindless and curtain-less lay wiadow, and at least a scoro of noses flattered against the glass, the better to enable 'their respective proprietors to obtain a peep at his reverence. A more modest man did not exist than Father Mathew; and great was his embarrassment at tho indication of his popularity. lie glanced at the head Of the bed, and at the table near him, to see if a bell were in reach; bnt such a luxury in tlie house of a pried, in a mountain parish of Galway, was not to be thought of. No he'pi therefore: from that quarter. There was some thing resembling i beli-pull at one side of the firo plu'e; but if it wcro a boll-pull, and not a mockery to.d a delusion, it might as well have been t wenty miles away, for any practical advan age at that moment; for it Would bo diflicu't to say what would induce Father Mathe-w to quit the shelter ot the bod clothes and walk across the room to grasp that tantalisting cord. The crowd ou'side was momentarily en the increase, and the deepening murmur of their voices testified to tbo animation of ( the conversation carried on. Occasionally might do he heard such as the follwing 'Do yon see . him, Mary, asthor?' 'Danny, agra, have me, take a hxk at Gol bless youl'rT' Where r yon pushing with yourself! -boold offov my foot, will ye?' 'Ob, Wislm? there's the ' Misled Hriesil' -lion. ft mai, would ye be plated to lift ov our back oue 'ml link 'tis a horse I was.' Tim a shame for ye to be thire what eurnnity iain yesaUI'-'Mam-my, mammy! there lie is!' Ieus his poll!' -Whisht y' don't be after wukin' him. I'lllhef Mrilhow velured another peep; but the slightest liioVvlni'tit 011 bis part only ovoked increased unrioty outside; and it seemed to him n it tho window pnuca wore every moment accommodating a huge number of flattened no; us. 'J lie poor man felt himself a prisoner, ulul lirlel.ed With eugenics for any sound which uve hope or promise of deliverance; but it. was nut till after three mortal hours ol bis giuwt'a comic cuptivitv thut the voiihidcrute ho:, who would not 'disturb' hisyuest loo early outered the apartment, and thus became awure of the prcsouee of the admiring j crowd, who it ueed seuice'y bo suid, were Iqujckly dispersed, to Father Mslhew's in elluble reliof.-.l.Va Li, liktu. Miuing for Yotul. The Irish ''hog-oak' has be'-n l nj; , tl.cy cannot afford to get it at ten cents a known uud celebrated. It coi'isis's of tin; gimzlo, then thev will patrnniso the whol tullen trunks ol ancient oak forur. lioM.sal uualr. and Vrinu into vnene the ol I deeply covered by accumulations ol ' peat box, but still perfectly sound. 'J hi- mi . cicnt wood furnishes larjiu quantities ol - valuable timber, which is mined troni the. beds in which it lios, aud workd into . beautiful articles of calinul W rk, sculp- lured panels, and other ?rvin. '1 lie ' durk stain imparted to it by ie loiig atctiti' ing it baa undergone in water fa' ufi.ttd with both vegetable and m neral until rs, give it a special value for ornamental wood w,,r''- Similar desposiis ot auciuiit wood exist in tho vust swamp ol .Nw .lersoy. These hurried trees, however, are co'MM' mid the occasion ah onld be one of thought, and not oaks, aud it is un.de a regulut ul ' t ul couYiderntiou. Why is this demand profitable business to dm tlicm from their ; tiwde? What benefit will yon receive by beds, to be manufactured into vhittglua, Ueeeoding to it? How ronch better, .an'i which are said to be of extraordinary ex- huppior, and richer and healthier would cellcuce and durability. A New York 1 jou be without drinking at nil? HoW .L.J. 1 ...... I ...1.1..' 1 Ml II" 1 . paper mus ueserious ino umncr, ami ino processot getting it out: "Those swamps are very valuable, an acre of aurh timber commanding from live hntidri;! to a (!!". - sauu dollars. , 1 How much will you gum m reputation ni "A peculiar feature of the swamps is, pocket, by" refusing to pny " ten cent V thut the soil.iaof purely vugetabk' gr..wih, drink? Some of you drink -.ten times often twenty feet or more in depth. The , week, and even supposing yon are ' trf peaty curth is constantly sccunnilutirrj". r;d'' as off n asyou trsat, you will be oni frotn the fall uf leaves and hou jx, ami of pocket just oho dollar I . That w ilt trees are found buried iu it at ufl depths. 'amount t. fifty dollars o year a sumal--quite down to solid grouud. The timber j moat sufficient to provide you with gen'ti f-so buried retrains its buoyancy and col ir, f clothing during that period. Thousands and lurge numbers of workmen aro con-j of mechanics and laboring men apend stantly employed in raising and splitting j lewth of their earning tor leer, ale, whi' the logs into rails and "hinglea. in pnrch- j Key, ale, ncd yet they twnnhtin. of -'thn in!; for theso Ions, the workman uses nn , prices- of articles of neocsitr, , Will iron rod, which he thru-tU into thu soil, and. by repealed triul", ascertains the ie and length of the' wood he strikes, and thea, by digging down obtains a chip, by tho smell of which be can dctcruiiro whether it is worth removal. Tho iiuin-1 habit of driukiug tale a mlrr view of the ber of shingles produced from the wood j situation, anl we are satisfied thotr t-of these submerged forosta is very great; j solve will be neper lopny ttn centt drink. Irom tho little town ot I'eniuaville ns many as eight hundred thousand, valued a twelve thousand dollars, have been soul iu market III a year. Horn tliu etillie plact', thousands of dollars' worth of whito cedar rails are annually scut out. The dcp :sil of timber at this poiut extcups to an indefi nite depth, and although. Irom tho growih i above it, believed to be two thousand year old is all entirely sound, and will supply, for years to come, the draft upon it." l)tli)rcn's ohnnu Tini Prpnipoil AUI 1 rtparca. Seldom have I heard a more affectum I incident than that related by a country I physician, lie was railed to ace a lady! who had been sick but three days, li husband took him into the next room, and aaiceu wna. ho thought ot aer case, lie ! said it must terminate futallv! When Ibev i vmiuq wuvn IV OCUDIUU, lIIU Ha W BOIIIC tliifig in their countenances which led her to say, "DocUr, what have you been telling my husband?? Did you say I could not live?" The doctor with extreme rs. luotance, foltobliged to say,'-Ye." Instantly she threw out hvr arms towards him, and bettiug her anxious, g tied dye upon him, exclaimed, "Oh, doctor, . . i . .. . i ' must not ict aie die. l ou mutt keep in i a ntiio longer in the world, tor I have made no preparation." He carried the story no farther exoent to sav tharit mad., a i impression on him which lie hope.) would nevef U effaced. I remembot a case much like it; that of a bright, attractive young lady, amiublo j add much esteemed; to all upneurauc "guy and buppy," and Without the leant incliuatiun to religion. She wis htalthy and of a good constitution; but p:ckncss came, and ere she was aware the hand of death was ttpon b.r. Feeling very strangely, sho cried to the lady who eat by bel galy, she cried to the lady who sat by her, "Is this death? Oh, I nnot dio. I cannot di !" and immediately expired. I ask mvself. Shall T hn in H.i. ..f.,1 ,. . condition when my hoir comes? Oh, (jou i.oroiu. Ana mat t may not, let me be prayerful and careful now while death is not In sight. a. v. Drs. Iladett and Barber lava rooms at he Ken von Hoiua. th Price t f Drinks. The tavern keepers have agreed tor&iW h price of plain drink" ti ten ceBtH, on i:d alier tbo flr.H of February. Fancy drinks, which now sell at a dime, will be shoved wp to ti t" h reMs This will be ral ncwa t tipt'ler and toners, but "the ral of mankind'' will rather rejoice at it. It will bo 4 fcrioustiix on the cental drinker, whonlways calls for the btst and never forgets" to invite "his friends" wh may bo with or about him- The tipplor, too. Who mtist have h'f "nips" reeularly, with or without hi fronds, will find this tha wirat tax which he has yet been called upon to pay. And whst will become of the to, er that wretched spec i men of hu' nmriity who hns passed from the cln of' titmlera into the low crade of r? nt The- genteel drinker will have to make hit via-' I lis less irequeuv. no "iiinin iu iw j more exclusive in the election of hia friends. V lieu lie enters a bat room, h will not 'ant lna eyes aoout to una all Hia familiar faces, but will keep his eyes tin the bar tender and give "spongers" tha go-by, Aa to the tippler, ho will have to do most of bis drinking alone, and in taV- ing a trla will fill it a "finger" or two hii liar tlna usual. Indeed. th . iioorcr i.riir.t.Lvo .nil tnnnrfl will 1mi.A In quit the taverns altngctliT. and hetitk ! t lemstlveB to the bottle. They must ba- lit and in sufficient quantity, too and ii fiaA and jug. . Then We mny expect to see them not only with "bricks in thai hats," but with flurkp in their pnckaN. Ten cents a dlink ! Just think of if I Youn man. just atar'ing out in life, cnu iilor this matter seriouly. How manv of you have been iu the habit of "treating1 your trienda occasioimlly at five cents a drink? How many more drink "very day ot that ngurcr How vory many drink many j times a dav. and never complain of the bill only live cents a drink? Now ton. I ore at-ked to pay just doaMe that Trio, t mucn misery win you: eave yoiirseu. ami how much pain and care and anxiety wWl you save your family and friends, by r. ' ir.'v'n never lo pay ten ints a drink? bev not also object to the Inch price ot that which is not onlyentircly unnecessary in their welfare, but' positivfly !njuriou? " t,et our reaikra ronsidav tl.ese matter : 'arefullv. and lot tho who are i thu i rttt&tntrg Uuztitt. Kcplug a Secret. Th father of Twpirius, as a Ceontor of Home, ono day took him i: 'be siiuw, v.hsn hey dolihrrut?d oh firtii fftlj.-M of importance. On bis return home bis mother asked him what bad j.ifwH iu il Fenatc. Tie young Vapirina amwrJ that he was ordered oot lo rpnk of it- 1 his anrwer, as wc may readily roncrhc, only augmented his mother's uriotdiy. .She became more aolicitnns.und nop loud every mcons in 1 er prwrr to ohrfai the information the w-rhed- Her son, ( avoid any further importmU ic, and to ,v , m,i,pr-H .xi.tv. I-Id nrr thai il.uv had been deliberatinr whether it! would he hettcr tor the republic to auftcr tke men to have two wivca or the women to have two busbanda. The 'cnator a lt)r, eot immediately. tboiiL-h rhr had' promised secrecy, and .romm jmcatcd be 'eors to some other Boman Ludics. The next liiorning a brgo body of iudignuut .vea presented themaelvcs at the duor or the Senate, and in a voice declared that it would be far better to let iho women have two husbands, and Were incensed that they should determine a matter of such, importance Without hearing what they had to say. The Senate not 'Understanding the women's requests, were thrown into Kieal constornalion, when theyounir l'a- . ! pirius ane, and related in what way bo it iiubu i. ip iii'iiiivi b . mt'vui .i a ni.cn t'Mire'di tha prudence ot young I'apirlun , WllB praised; hut it was rw!ved that jy1 ang man, except 1'apirius, niould 'admitted into the fcpntf. nd be Scolding i iiildrca' ; T will tejl yon what f.-nod it iloeg to scold your cildren for tloiiiL' what oh n"Te ,r ,d ,lnem lo o just as touch good us to scold in uhrtl!y fix for jumping over uio icnce mm eating the orn contrary to orders previously pivf h to him. Child-' ' rcn are governed by one of fwnmot'vieslb ' ht pe of reward end fear had ot unpleasant c nsequcaea. A ftrenm acohlino: as loni; r as from ann to sun baa never any other efeet upon cildren than to rendtr them. Whol.'ey regardless of what ia said to them If you wish to make your children trnndl soiu, scold tbnu occasionaly. Jf you wish to make (hem bad. snld Umm a little hr- I ""JV" ' " 7 i w rum lnem aD(1 volinquiBh ell hope " jof eouquering thera scold continualiy you - " UB uroioeam your ot'ject. An old laciielur a couutrv fallow nt liking tho way his landlady's daughter hail ot appropriating his hair oil, filled bi bottlo with Spaulding'a jrluo one day be- fare a ball to which the girl was invitd and ah staid at homo in tuancquinica.- twae a ficadiah rvng, " n T O -'K